Stimmen in der Stadt

The Film Trailer

Hili Perlson — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 09:34:37 +0000

Stimmen in der Stadt from stimmeninderstadt on Vimeo.

Many thanks to CINEBUREAU!

A short version of our film trailer could be seen from 25.11. through to 08.12.2010 in the Berliner Fenster in BVG trains. We wish to offer our sincere thanks to Berliner Fenster GmbH for their support.

Seen and Heard: Berlin, December 2010

Hili Perlson — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:20:26 +0000

With these photos we would like to thank everyone who helped to make this project possible, and wish all of our readers a Happy New Year!

End

Hili Perlson — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:39:07 +0000

The project »Stimmen in der Stadt« for World-AIDS-Day 2010 in Berlin has officially ended today, Thursday 9.12.2010, at 00:00 A.M. The interviews will remain available here on our website. The audio stations have been taken down.

We were especially thrilled to see people standing at the audio stations, either alone or in groups, and listening to the interviews, regardless of the extremely cold and snowy weather. The extensive press coverage helped to make the project known far beyond the Berlin city limits. The press coverage also contributed to the great numbers of visitors to our website, who have used the opportunity to listen to the interviews online.

Eva, Anneliese, Michaela, Max, Jan, Paul and Gerd, we thank you for the insights into your private life stories. Your vitality is inspiring. Paul and Gerd, you are remembered.

The future of »Stimmen in der Stadt« is not yet decided. We will take a few weeks to discuss the possibilities, and are open for sugegstions in the meanwhile.

Press coverage

Hili Perlson — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 10:37:22 +0000

The Stimmen in der Stadt have also become Stimmen on the radio. Also, several different newspapers and magazines reported on the project. We’ve collected a selection of press coverage that you can now read and listen to on our website, under the new category PRESS.

Photos and Clips from the Vernissage/Press Conference

Hili Perlson — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:40:17 +0000

On November 24. Stimmen in der stadt took off with a press coference and vernissage at the Axel Hotel berlin.
Former Federal Minister of Health and honorary Patron of Stimmen in der Stadt, Ulla Schmidt, sexologist and Author Martin Dannecker, as well as project managers Christoph Weber and Martin Kostezer presented the project, and Annabelle Mandeng moderated the evening.
We would like to thank Jochen Hick for filming and Kathrin Heller for photographing the vernissage.

Stimmen in der Stadt at the Berliner Aids Hilfe Film Week

Hili Perlson — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:16:34 +0000

On the ocassion of its 25th anniversary, the Berliner Aids-Hilfe is showing a selection of documentaries and films centered on the theme of HIV and Aids. The films document the force with which Aids hit personal biographies and social structures in the 1980s. These films represent a cultural history in their own right, and one that has been shaped by no other disease as stongly as by HIV in our lifetime.

»PositHIVe Screenings« runs from 1. through 5. Dezember in the cinemas Kant and Hackesche Höfe. Stimmen in der Stadt is represented with the film trailer in the preview program.

»The program of »PositHIVe Screenings« (Download)

Stimmen in der Stadt on World-Aids-Day 2010

Hili Perlson — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:24:53 +0000

Our December 1st specials:

08.35 Christoph Weber is a guest at the ZDF Morning Show

14.30 to 16.00 Martin Kostezer will be joined by a delegation of the Order of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at the audio station on Gneisenaustraße/Mehringdamm. Together, they will raise awreness for the project and inform the pbulic on the occasion of World Aids Day.

00.00–24.00 Seven persons living in Berlin tell their stories of life with HIV and AIDS in 15 different locations around the city.

Kastanienallee speaks again

Hili Perlson — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:35:41 +0000

We’ve just received the news that the listening station at Kanstanienalle and U-Bahn stop Eberswalder Staße, which has been erroneously removed and confiscated by the police, is now installed again. Thank you Thomas Schulz from Iland for reinstalling it.

Eins, Zwei, Polizei (Kastanienallee)

Martin Kostezer — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:08:03 +0000

Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg district on November 25th, 2010: »Today around 4am several citizens called the police independently of each other and complained that the traffic light on Kastanienallee/Schönhauser Allee was speaking loudly to passerbys.«

We were more than surprised as the police report was sent to us yesterday. Talking traffic lights – what a great communication concept! Why didn’t we think of it sooner? Nowhere does one pass so much unused waiting time than at Berlin traffic lights. »Through the loudspeaker citizens were informed about health issues (AIDS prevention)« is how it was described in the report. What could be better?

But apparently there was an irritating moment: »As the police arrived the collegues on the other side of Kastanienallee 3 noticed on lighting pole No. 4, that 3 meters up an electric plug had been set up.« Oops. Stealing electricity or what? For informing about health topics? But that wasn’t all: on a sign slightly below at around 2.5 meters were the words »dear virus, you gave me diahrrea, I eat to counter the diahrrea …«.

Ouch – something’s fishy. The traffic light can speak to passing persons about health issues for a long time. But as soon as messages like the one mentioned above are posted, the informative experience is ruined. Consequently: »At 5:10am the loudspeaker was taken down by representatives of the company Alliander Stadtlicht GmbH and secured by police officers according to clause 15.« And if anyone should encounter another speaking stoplight don’t hesitate to contact the police! Oh the irony …

Meanwhile the confiscated loudspeaker device was turned over to us after several apologies. Of course we will be able to re-install it at the same place. After all, it is officially approved and certified, and it was never about a noise disturbance complaint. Quite possibly some administrative offices are in need of a well-engineered communications concept. We’ve got an idea …

Technical problem from 26. November is solved

Hili Perlson — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:47:38 +0000

As soon as the date changed into November 25, our voices started speaking. And exactly 24 hours later, they were gone again. This was not due to the weather, but rather an incorrect technical setting in the speakers. We were able to fix the problem and the voices are now speaking again. We appologizes for any inconvenience caused by this and for any futile visits to our stations.